Jessica P. Ogilvie

There are few things more delightful than watching David Hasselhoff in his original role as Mitch Buchannon on "Baywatch," but if Paramount has its way, there will soon be a new lifeguard in town...and his name, friends, is Justin Timberlake.

After fending off rumors of a break-up for months, Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have confirmed that they are indeed entering splitsville.

Kim Kardashian is getting serious about her divorce, you guys -- she just served Kris Humphries' ex-girlfriend, whom he started dating two months after splitting from Kim, with a subpoena.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a shoe designer is accused of being racist, elephants have their day in court, and new info about the man police shot 90 times. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

If you've ever wondered whether Sacha Baron Cohen has to pay for his various film exploits, the answer is yes -- according to an interview Cohen did with British newspaper The Express, he has outstanding warrants in Kansas and Arizona and, if caught there, faces deportation.

It's sort of natural to be curious about what goes on behind the pink walls of the Beverly Hills Hotel, it being home, at various times, to so many stripes of celebrities.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is upon us, with hundreds of shows going up from now until June 24. We wanted to get a little more information about the background of the festival, the creative forces behind it and what it means for Los Angeles, so we tracked down festival director Ben Hill and outreach director Meghan McCauley, and picked their brains.

The plight of the woman pushing middle age and trapped in crippling domesticity has been explored before, but rarely in such explosive abstraction as “If Water Were Present, It Would Be Called Drowning.” John Sinner’s one-hour play, part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, stars Betsy Moore as Lolly, a 30-something mom bursting to break free of her three kids and husband, all of whom she professes to hate.

Try as they might, Malibu High School is not going to be able to make the case of the slapping teacher go away. Dionne Evans, the 15-year-old girl who says that Jennifer Gonzalez repeatedly hit her in the face after invoking the movie "Bridesmaids," is demanding the school pay her over $1 million, reports TMZ.

According to a new report by the Milken Institute, California can point the finger at no one but itself for the recent decline in local TV and movie production. The report, issued Thursday, says that over the past decade or so, the Golden State has seen a decrease in local production while other states have seen an increase.

Hollywood's favorite batshit crazy person, Charlie Sheen, revealed today that he lost his virginity exactly the way you might expect.

A man in his 40s was arrested last night after allegedly threatening his mother with sharpened knives at a house in Boyle Heights, reports City News Service. The man, whose name hasn't been released, began sharpening the knives in the kitchen of the house at about 6:30 p.m. and telling his mother, who was with him, that he was planning to use them on her.